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California African American Museum

Name: California African American Museum
Address: 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA, 90037, US
Telephone: (213) 744-7432
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Now Open CAAM is a hub for exploring African American art, history, and culture, with a focus on California and the West.
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We are located in Los Angeles' Exposition Park and admission is free!

05/31/2026

! Thank you for exploring our exhibitions and programs this May. We ❤️ when you tag us in your photos so we can see and share your experience. Here are some of our favorite posts from this month!

05/26/2026

Step into the gallery, slow down, and listen. Experience these objects and more in “The Sound of Gordon Parks,” on view at CAAM through September 13, 2026.

The Sound of Gordon Parks is curated by Justen LeRoy, independent curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs, Art + Practice.

05/23/2026

Installation views of “Free and Q***r: Black Californian Roots of Gay Liberation” on view at CAAM through February 28, 2027.

“Free and Q***r: Black Californian Roots of Gay Liberation” is curated by Susan D. Anderson, History Curator, CAAM, with researchers Sean Patrick Dickerson and Sela Mariama Kerr, and consultants Alan Bell and Lisbet Tellefsen, in association with ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, with special thanks to retired executive director Joseph Hawkins and curator Alexis Bard Johnson.

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05/22/2026

Channel your energy. This Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., move through a 60-minute flow with yoga and meditation teacher Constance Hartwell. No previous experience is necessary. Please bring your own yoga mat. Indoors. RSVP in bio.

05/21/2026

Save the date! Celebrate Juneteenth weekend and the start of summer at a free, all-ages KCRW Summer Nights party. Leave it all on the dance floor with live sets from KCRW DJ J.Rocc and guest DJ Monalisa. Step inside the galleries for after-hours access to all of CAAM’s exhibitions, including Free and Q***r: Black Californian Roots of Gay Liberation, Willie Birch: Stories to Tell, The Sound of Gordon Parks, and A New Song: Langston Hughes in the West. Enhance your evening with food trucks and a beer garden. RSVP in bio to join the party!

Event schedule:
7:00 – 11:00 p.m. | Museum galleries open
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. | KCRW DJ J.Rocc
9:00 – 11:00 p.m. | DJ Monalisa

05/18/2026

On Wednesday, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., join us for a conversation celebrating newly released books by three dynamic women: cultural critic Jamilah Lemieux, author of Black.Single. Mother.; television writer and producer Angela Nissel, author of Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead; and actress, producer, and author Tika Sumpter, author of I Got It From My Mama. Together, with their distinct candor and humor, they will discuss motherhood, identity, love, loss, ambition, and the complicated realities of modern womanhood. RSVP in bio.

05/15/2026

On Wednesday, May 27, 7:00 – 10:30 p.m., join us for a screening of “Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story,” a powerful documentary that explores the life and legacy of acclaimed photographer Kwame Brathwaite. RSVP in bio.

Event schedule
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Reception
8:00 – 9:30 p.m. Film screening
9:30 – 10:30 p.m. Talkback with Jesse Williams and Kwame Brathwaite Jr.

05/14/2026

See this work and more in “Willie Birch: Stories to Tell,” currently on view at CAAM through October 21, 2026.

“Willie Birch: Stories to Tell” is sponsored by Bank of America.

The exhibition is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the New Orleans Museum of Art and curated by Russell Lord, Chief of Curatorial Affairs, Norman Rockwell Museum.

Major support for the exhibition and catalogue is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Henry Luce Foundation, and the Terra Foundation for American Art. Significant support for the catalogue is provided by Wyeth Foundation for American Arts. Additional support has been provided by Adam Shopkorn.
Image credit: Willie Birch, Street Musician with Guitar, 1999. Acrylic and charcoal on paper, 60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.9 cm). Private collection, Dallas. Courtesy Pettit Art Partners

05/13/2026

On Tuesday evening, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m., LA Opera Connects returns to CAAM for an evening of music celebrating Black composers, with LA Opera artists Cedric Berry (bass-baritone), Ashley Faatoalia (tenor), Alonso Pirio (pianist), and Thalia Moore (soprano). RSVP in bio.

05/12/2026

Installation views of “Rahim Fortune: Between a Memory and Me” on view at Art + Practice through September 5, 2026.

This exhibition is organized by the Center for Photography at Woodstock. The exhibition is co-presented by the California African American Museum and Art + Practice as part of CAAM at A+P, a five-year collaboration.

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600 State Drive, Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA
90037

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	11am - 5pm

Telephone

(213) 744-7432

Website

http://www.caamuseum.org/

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